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"Take a rest."
flasyb:
I still remember the first time I heard "take a rest". It was the head of English, one of my CTs - well he's supposed to be a CT but he rarely shows up. The students had mid-terms and he was going to give them a review lecture in Korean during my class time so he came to me and said, "You can take a rest."
It just jarred with me. It doesn't sound right. I have no way of explaining it other than that.
However, it sounds a lot more natural now that I've been in Korea for over a year and a half. I took two rests yesterday (mid-terms coming up). Maybe it doesn't sound right because "rest" is uncountable. Then again "Have a rest" sounds OK to me. Or does it? Could just be the Konglish coming through.
loswillyams:
Yes!! I just taught this lesson this week. When looking over the material, it did give me pause for a moment, but then I realized that I had heard the phrase before and then I ran some dialogues in my head where the phrase sounded natural to me:
"Woo! Man, I'm beat - once we clear this next mile let's take a rest."
"Yeah, You're overworked, you should take a rest."
I decided that even if the wording did sound a little weird to me, I might have been over thinking it and that at the very least, if a Korean person said this to a native English speaker, the essence of what was being communicated would still be pretty clear.
I also teach 3rd graders and in a lesson last week, the phrase "close your mouth" (close the door, close the window, close your eyes, etc. etc.) came up. I explained to my CT that in America, that phrase is a pretty direct order and in normal conversation it could be considered rude. In line with teachermc's point about emphasizing other phrases instead of unlearning the book phrases, we modified the lesson's call and response to mimicking the action of "closing your mouth" to the phrase "please be quiet".
Davey:
I did some googling and a few have suggested "Have a rest" instead. Still doesn't sound right to me. Anyway, was just wondering if maybe "Take a rest" was used in some regions. Perhaps "Have a rest" is, too?
Hmmm, if I'm tired from doing something, I usually say, "I'm gonna take a break" or "I'm gonna rest (for) a bit."
tesoljon:
--- Quote from: Davey on April 26, 2012, 03:51:56 PM ---I did some googling and a few have suggested "Have a rest" instead. Still doesn't sound right to me. Anyway, was just wondering if maybe "Take a rest" was used in some regions. Perhaps "Have a rest" is, too?
Hmmm, if I'm tired from doing something, I usually say, "I'm gonna take a break" or "I'm gonna rest (for) a bit."
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What regions? I've only heard this in Asia. The first time I heard it (in Cambodia), I didn't understand what the other person was saying. Even now that I know what it means, it doesn't sound right.
Take a nap/take a break, sure. I do see the logic behind "take a rest". But it's still jarring. So is "have a rest".
Davey:
--- Quote from: tesoljon on April 26, 2012, 03:58:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: Davey on April 26, 2012, 03:51:56 PM ---I did some googling and a few have suggested "Have a rest" instead. Still doesn't sound right to me. Anyway, was just wondering if maybe "Take a rest" was used in some regions. Perhaps "Have a rest" is, too?
Hmmm, if I'm tired from doing something, I usually say, "I'm gonna take a break" or "I'm gonna rest (for) a bit."
--- End quote ---
What regions? I've only heard this in Asia. The first time I heard it (in Cambodia), I didn't understand what the other person was saying. Even now that I know what it means, it doesn't sound right.
Take a nap/take a break, sure. I do see the logic behind "take a rest". But it's still jarring. So is "have a rest".
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Yah, I don't know--I'm trying to find out if anybody here uses/heard it back home.
Lots of threads on "Take a rest" actually:
https://www.google.ca/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=take+a+rest&oq=take+a+rest&aq=f&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.769.3107.0.3173.15.13.2.0.0.0.295.2886.2-12.16.0.tQUvI5lkk0s&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=a4d6e3aa0876e972&biw=1366&bih=643
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